The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-12
LesalIzea Robbery.
THE Plan OF DEFESsE Proposed
roB FABNERs AID LABOR
ISG MEX.

ING MEX.
The following is a recent letter
written By Mr.. 7. Y. Powderly:
This country has. within a brief
period Of time, witnessed the fail
ure Of gigantic scheme TO rob the
people under the shadow of law
OF, rather, because the law is 81
lent as to the method by which
gambling IN the neeessaries of life
should be punished True, the
rogues who attempted to corner
wheat and coffee were not entire
lly successful they sustained some
of the losses which they had hoped
20 infiet on the country. The
panic IN the coffee market did not
cause such a rush 10 lay in large
supplies as was anticipated.
Although millions of dollars
changed hands during the corner
not a pound or an ounce Of coffee
changed owners. Coffee not yet
ripe in the field was sold, re-soid
and gambled in at the Exchange
il New York and Chicago. COT
fee that sold for twenty-five cents
on one day went up to thirty cents
in tEenty-four hours; not because
the article was of better quality or
any seareer than it was on the day
before; not because the owners of
tie coffee demanded a higher
priee for #. but because the stock
gamblers had willed Il, and their
vii, Tor the time, was law.
The lessons taught our members
by the experience Of the past six
weeks is 10 keep their eyes open,
and b keep them turned toward
the Produce Exchanges Of New
York, Chicago and other large
cities, and the moment the grain OF
produce gambler stocks the cards
and announces that there is : sear-
city in q certain articles Of food
tie price must 60 up in conse-
iquenee-every member should re-
solve, and resolve ont loud, that
until the unhEllowed hand Of the
spec1lator has been removed from
the control Of the article in ques-
ton not Q pound nor an ounce
more than can be avoided viii be
purchased This may be regarded
in the Light Of boycott notice
that is exactly what / intend it for:
and had the power vested in me
70 make the order imperative, 1
would order every member, so far
as IL him lies the power, to place
an eternal boycott on every grain
and stock gambler in the United
States and Caneda
II is estimated that the losses of
those directly interested in the
wheat deal will reach s.. SOC. 600.
The losses to the coffee thieves
VIII exceed 100000. Two gangs
Of thieves we're engaged in manip-
ulating the coffee market One
Of them realized S, 100000 on the
deal and then quit in time to save
IT, Their pals" the other coffee
dealers, more greedy, kept on un-
iii their scheme exploded, and tax
ing fright, they stopped short at a
heavy loss.
The men who cleared S, 800, 900
deliberately robbed every man,
woman and child who uses wheat.
4 In comparison to these men,
Dick Turpin and Sixteen-String-
Jack were honest men. Even Jesse
James had a more merciful way
Of robbing people. Jesse James
IVES summarily dealt with, and if
Dick Turpin or any of the famous
highEaymen Of old could come
back and attempt to resume bus
mess ct the old stand, and in the
old way. they would be sent to the
penisentiary. or hanged, unless
they divide" up with some man
: OF men Of political influence The
: men who raised the price of coffee
aud tried to take advantage Of the
necessities Of the people go I'M
= whipped Of justice. Is il not time
! TO appoint commission to inquire
into this refined method of robbing
the people, so that law can be
r passed to punish those who gamble
: iu food while others starve for the
: want Of it, Is IT not high time for
the consumers and producers of
this land TO inquire why swindlers,
) dealers in futures, and men who
: understand the villainous art of
. eosneriBg breadstutfs should levy
: tribute on the bone and sinew of
the land TO satisfy their greed and
ayarice:
The noney-changers of old were
: scourged from the temple by the
{ Son Of God They we're innocent,
1 lamb-like creatures, and incapable
: Of doing any mischief when COM
pared with our lattter-day gambler